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# eth\_getBalance - Bittensor

Returns the TAO balance of an EVM address, in wei (18 decimals on the EVM side). Note: TAO has 9 decimals on the Substrate side but 18 decimals on the EVM side — divide by 10^18 to get TAO.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Subtensor EVM JSON-RPC method.** Call against a GetBlock endpoint configured for the **EVM interface** (not the Substrate interface). Subtensor EVM uses chain ID **945** (`0x3b1`). Standard Ethereum tooling — ethers.js, viem, Hardhat, Foundry, MetaMask — works unmodified.
{% endhint %}

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type            | Required | Description          |
| --------- | --------------- | -------- | -------------------- |
| address   | DATA (20 bytes) | Yes      | EVM address to check |
| block     | QUANTITY        | TAG      | Yes                  |

## Request Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --location --request POST 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getBalance",
    "params": [
        "0x7a3F8b9c2d1e4a6f8c5b3d2e7a9c4f1b8e6d5c3a",
        "latest"
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript (Axios)" %}

```javascript
import axios from 'axios';

const data = JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getBalance",
    "params": [
        "0x7a3F8b9c2d1e4a6f8c5b3d2e7a9c4f1b8e6d5c3a",
        "latest"
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
});

const config = {
    method: 'post',
    url: 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    data: data
};

axios(config)
    .then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2)))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python (Requests)" %}

```python
import requests
import json

url = "https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/"

payload = json.dumps({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getBalance",
    "params": [
        "0x7a3F8b9c2d1e4a6f8c5b3d2e7a9c4f1b8e6d5c3a",
        "latest"
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
})

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Rust (Reqwest)" %}

```rust
use reqwest::Client;
use serde_json::json;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let payload = json!({
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "method": "eth_getBalance",
        "params": [
                "0x7a3F8b9c2d1e4a6f8c5b3d2e7a9c4f1b8e6d5c3a",
                "latest"
        ],
        "id": "getblock.io"
});

    let response = client
        .post("https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/")
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&payload)
        .send()
        .await?;

    let result: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
    println!("{:#?}", result);

    Ok(())
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Response Example

```json
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "getblock.io",
    "result": "0x6c6b935b8bbd400000"
}
```

## Response Parameters

| Field  | Type     | Description                                                  |
| ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| result | QUANTITY | Balance in wei (hex). Divide by 10^18 to get TAO on EVM side |

## Use Cases

* EVM wallet balance display
* Pre-flight funds checks before EVM transactions
* Smart contract reads of native TAO balances

## Error Handling

| Status Code | Error Message     | Cause                                                                                                                      |
| ----------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 403         | Forbidden         | Missing or invalid `<ACCESS-TOKEN>`                                                                                        |
| -32602      | Invalid params    | Request parameters are missing or malformed                                                                                |
| -32601      | Method not found  | Method does not exist on this interface — check whether you're calling a Substrate method on an EVM endpoint or vice versa |
| -32603      | Internal error    | Server-side error while processing the request                                                                             |
| 429         | Too Many Requests | Rate limit exceeded for your plan                                                                                          |

## SDK Integration

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="ethers.js" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```javascript
import { ethers } from 'ethers';

const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider('https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/');

// Generic JSON-RPC call (works for any EVM method):
const result = await provider.send('eth_getBalance', ["0x7a3F8b9c2d1e4a6f8c5b3d2e7a9c4f1b8e6d5c3a", "latest"]);
console.log(result);

// Most standard methods have typed wrappers:
// provider.getBalance(addr), provider.getBlock(n), provider.getCode(addr), etc.
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="viem" %}

```javascript
import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem';

const client = createPublicClient({
    transport: http('https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/')
});

const result = await client.request({
    method: 'eth_getBalance',
    params: ["0x7a3F8b9c2d1e4a6f8c5b3d2e7a9c4f1b8e6d5c3a", "latest"]
});
console.log(result);
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}